Rustam Jamali

Sardar Rustam Jamali
Excise and Taxation Minister of Balochistan
In office 21 November 2008 – Assassinated 6 August 2009
Succeeded by	Sardar Nasir Khan Jamali
Personal details
Born	1963 Balochistan, Pakistan
Died	6 August 2009 Karachi, Sindh
Political party	Independent
Religion	Islam

Mir Rustam Jamali (1963–2009) was the Excise and Taxation Minister of Balochistan, assassinated in August 2009. He was born in the village of Bakhra near Usta Mohammad in Balochistan, the son of Mir Yar Muhammad Jamali of the Jamali tribe. He finished his early education in Balochistan. After finishing high school, he went to Aitchison College in Lahore, then graduated from Balochistan University. He was next in line to the chieftaincy of the Jamali tribe. He was related to former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Jan Mohammad Jamali, and former Balochistan Chief Minister of Balochistan Taj Muhammad Jamali. In 2009 he went to Karachi on an unofficial visit; on 6 August 2009, he was assassinated in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighborhood of Karachi. He was shot three times; the bullets hit his jaw and neck. His burial place is Rojhan Jamali.

See also

• Balochistan
• Jamali tribe
• Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali

External links

• "Kaira condemns killing of provincial minister." Associated Press of Pakistan. August 6, 2009.
• Siddiqui, Tahir. "Balochistan minister shot dead in Karachi." Dawn.com. August 7, 2009.
• Bhatti, M Waqar. "Balochistan minister gunned down in Karachi." The News International. August 7, 2009.